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Published: 10 May 2010 In: Security

We all understand the Internet to be a useful resource. I have a difficult time remembering what I did before I had an Internet connection. You can pay your bills, shop from home, check your bank account’s, and much more. The bad news is that the Internet also poses some very real and dangerous risks.

You can become a victim of identity theft. If you are unprotected, your credit cards, personal or corporate identity, and your bank account(s) could be at risk. Knowing how to protect yourself on the web is important in preventing your online identity from being at risk. If you want to surf the web with peace of mind and have more privacy, anonymous web surfing is something worth considering.

Siam Communication (SiamComm) has launched our first Offshore Privacy ServiceVirtual Private Network (VPN) Service.

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Published: 6 May 2010 In: SEO

I see many questions in forums and social networks about the effect a domain name has on the search engine ranking of a website. The most common questions I have seen relate to:

  • Using hyphens between words of a domain name
  • Including primary keywords in a domain name
  • The TLD of a domain name(i.e. – .com, .net, .us, etc.)

Based on feedback from the experts, and reference materials from Google, we will summarize the answers to these issues.
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Published: 3 May 2010 In: SEO

There have been many debates in past years about how links and the overall structure of a website affects the search engine ranking. Using Google as an example, we will explain how authority of a page is affected and provide some practical suggestions for the structure of a site.

A good website structure is important for several reasons:

  • It allows a web page to focus it’s message – keyword usage and terms
  • Control the flow of navigation when a Visitors come to the site
  • Dictates how a search engine will crawl and index the pages of the site

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Published: 26 Apr 2010 In: SEO

We have discussed how writing bad code can damage a website’s ranking in the search engines. But can a website that loads slowly hurt rankings as well?

I spent a Sunday afternoon examining this question, which led me on an Internet voyage that discussed such geeky subjects as web page headers, HTTP 1.1 specifications, and the various types of caches that a typical user may encounter everyday in the travels online.

This article will examine ways to speed up your website and why it is beneficial to the traffic flowing to your website.
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Published: 25 Apr 2010 In: SEO

A website’s technical implementation, or coding, is an important part of search engine optimization. For example: if the foundation of a new house is of poor quality then it’s harder to build a good house on top of it.

The same goes for a website.

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Published: 7 Dec 2009 In: WordPress

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Well, ok … it’s not a hidden tag, but it is a feature many of us aren’t aware of in WordPress.

I have seen many people on Twitter asking for a good Gallery plug-in for WordPress. Our choice for a plug-in would be NextGen. But, it occurred to me that many people don’t realize that WordPress has this feature built in already. It’s not the prettiest or the coolest gallery I have seen. But it does the job in a pinch.

The setup for a gallery is very easy. And inserting it into a post or page is done with a “shortcode”.
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Published: 24 Nov 2009 In: SEO

One reason that many individuals and organizations are reluctant to start an SEO project is lack of knowledge. Some are even reluctant to approach an SEO Service firm for fear of being “ripped off” or misdirected about the search engine requirements of their website.

It is always good to get as much knowledge about a topic before undertaking the project.

We understand that there are many myths about search engine optimization (SEO). This article will clarify the ten most common search engine optimization myths and misconceptions.
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Published: 22 Nov 2009 In: SEO

One of the biggest hurdles we face as website owners is understanding how search engines see our websites.

This week, we’re looking to change that with the Beta Launch of our new Online SEO Analysis Tool.

We have developed an online Search Engine Optimization Analysis tool that any website owner can use. The result is a high level summary of how your website scores in three key areas; Technical Score, Popularity Score and SEO Score. The SEO Analysis Tool then calculates your websites incoming and outgoing links and provide you with an Overall SEO score. The higher the score, the better your website will rate in the search engines.

You have the option to Order and Download a full SEO Analysis report of your website’s SEO readiness. The report is quite detailed. You can download a sample report we ran on our site sometime ago before you decide to Order a report for your own site.

The SEO Analysis Reports are discounted for those of you we have invited to the Beta Launch of the product.

Please have a look at the new SEO Analysis Tool and let us know you thoughts. We will be adding more features in the weeks to come as we get closer to our official launch.

Published: 5 Aug 2009 In: Web Tools

As we continue our series on Online Generators, we begin to focus more on sites that can provide more than just single components of a site. Today’s entry touches on an area that interests most of us … the ability to create your own WordPress Theme online.

One general comment is that we were very pleased by what was available today. But I personally feel that there is still some effort needed to make these sorts of tools easy to use for the masses.

We hope you enjoy our selection.

Published: 1 Aug 2009 In: Web Tools

This is another post in a series to help you identify useful online web tools to make your site look it’s best.

These online button generators allow you to create click-able buttons (not web badges) and download them for inclusion onto your website. The criteria for these sites was that they could create a Web 2.0 looking button and allow you to save it to you own computer. However, many of these tools have gone beyond this and provide additional tools as well.

Read on to see what is offered:

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Siam Communications has been helping people with websites since 1998. We have offices in Hong Kong and Bangkok, Thailand offering a variety of low cost web services.

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